Jennifer Margulis writes about travel and culture for the New York Times, the Washington Post, More magazine, O Magazine, and dozens of other magazines and newspapers. Her cover story forSmithsonian magazine was included in BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING and she has been awarded the highly prestigious Fulbright fellowship. A dynamic and interesting speaker, she has appeared live on prime-time TV in Paris, France, and been invited to speak in Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and across the United States. She has a B.A. from Cornell University, a Masters degree from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Emory University. Though she travels frequently, she is always happy to return to Ashland, Oregon, where she lives with her husband and four children.

Read more about Jennifer at www.jennifermargulis.net